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Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth

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ISBN-10: 1628928034

ISBN-13: 9781628928037

Edition: 2014

Authors: Carol J. Adams, Lori Gruen

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Leading feminist scholars and activists as well as new voices explore and introduce themes central to contemporary ecofeminism: the intersections of feminist theory, environmental studies and practical ethics.Ecofeminism addresses the various ways that sexism, heteronormativity, racism, colonialism, and ableism are informed by and support speciesism. Ecofeminists stress the need to attend to context over universal judgments and argue for the importance of care as well as justice, emotional as well as rationality in working to undo the logic of domination and its material implications.Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth begins with a historical, grounding section…    
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Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 9/25/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.23" wide x 9.04" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Carol J. Adams is a nationally known writer and lecturer on the vegetarian lifestyle, constantly speaking at conferences an academic meetings and on college campuses across the country. Her landmark book "The Sexual Politics of Meat" was recently reissue on its 10th anniversary. She also authored the "Inner Art of Vegetarianism" series. Adams lives in Texas.

Lori Gruen is associate professor of philosophy at Wesleyan University, where she also chairs the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and directs the Ethics in Society Project. She has published widely on topics in practical ethics, including animal ethics and mind, feminist ethics and politics, and philosophy of law. She is currently engaged in ongoing collaborations with Laura Grabel addressing biological ethics.Laura Grabel is Fisk Professor of Natural Sciences and professor of biology at Wesleyan University. She has worked with embryonic stem cells for more than twenty years, and her current projects include identifying signals that promote the differentiation of embryonic…